Earthlings - Astronomy Web Site

Right Now in Almeria, Spain	Paul and Liz Downing Welcome you to our web site Last Updated: 03 October, 2008 09:08:35

Paul and Liz (the Earthlings) are astronomers and astro-photographers, with a selection of telescopes, cameras and tracking devices which are used interchangeably to produce the images which you will see on this site. We live in England and have a pretty busy life. Liz is a practicing reflexologist (IIR, AoR, ART) and Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), local Parish Councillor, sings in two choirs and works full time. However, we try to spend as much time as we can under the clear skies of southern Spain where we have built an observatory. This site also contains a lot of technical information about astronomy. You can access some of it here. Enjoy your stay, and please feel free to ask us questions.

REGULAR STUFF

RECENT STUFF

Latest position of the Pluto Mission spacecraft
Paul composed this poem sitting in the desert waiting for dark
The Hubble Space Telescope image gallery
Mission update from the Cassini Spacecraft
Mission update from the Mars Rovers
The International Space Station
The best images from:
- the Cassini Spacecraft in Saturn Orbit
- the Spitzer Infra-Red Space Telescope
- the Hubble space telescope
- the European Southern Observatory
Photos from the 2005 Annular Solar Eclipse in Spain
Olde World Tales from a UK Village
Completion of our House and Observatory in Spain
Scorpius rising over the Spanish Observatory
An interesting Optical Illusions Website
Amazing Aurora images from an Icelandic web site
Hubble's image of M82
Fornax Galaxy NGC 1097 imaged by the ESO
The Voyager 1 Spacecraft is now 100AU from Earth!
See the empty nest vacated by Mars Rover "Spirit" before it started roving on Mars

Birthday photos of our grandson in Australia
Isabel Roulston - the star begins to grow
The summer Milky Way from our Spanish Observatory
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged Phobos in HiRes
Messier 83, imaged by Galex and the VLA
An Avalanche on Mars - captured by the Mars Orbiter
Exciting news about water on Mars
A photo montage of the lunar eclipse of March 3rd, 2007
Fascinating new developments with light
Liz and I and some of our images feature in this excellent New Book
Some superb images and reports of Comet McNaught
Latest news on a possible Deep Impact
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sees Opportunity!
A super panorama from the "Spirit" Rover after 1000 days on Mars
Arp 271 - a new image from the Gemini South 8m Telescope
Information from the "Deep Impact" Space Probe
A superb image from the Mars Rovers
- "Opportunity" Visits it's Discarded Heat Shield
- A large (2.5Mb) image showing impact marks
- Close up of a spring lying nearby in the desert
News of the close approach of asteroid 2004 MN4

Please use the various links on our site to visit the many places to which you can go - and Liz and I do hope you enjoy your stay

Messier 51 in the constellation of Canes Venatici. This super double galaxy is actually quite close to the last star in the handle of the Big Dipper and in this image you can see quite well the bridge joining the two galaxies together. This image was taken at our Spanish observatory in June 2007 and we were helped to process the data by our friend and fine astronomer, Jay McNeil. You can also browse this Full Resolution Image (2.0Mb). For information on the Earthlings please see: Earthlings Information

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ASTRO IMAGE GALLERIES and PHOTO ARCHIVE

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